Assessments

Standards, Assessment, & Rubric

Standards

Grade Three

Continuity and Change

3.1  Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spacial context.

1.  Identify geographical features in their local region (e.g., deserts, mountains, valleys, hills, coastal areas, oceans, lakes).

http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/

Assessment

Students will gain insight into understanding the regions of the United States through multisensory approach to include media, classroom education, leadership, and cooperative peer efforts. Students will be encouraged to explore educational internet options to classroom learning. Assignment will specifically provide a framework to understand location, place and region.

Rubric

	5	4	3	2	1	Points
Contribution to Activity	Student accepted responsibility for research and answering  questions provided .  Fully contributed.	Student accepted responsibility for research and answering  questions provided .	Student accepted responsibility for research but did  little in contributing to overall activity.	Student made little contribution to research and questions.	Student did not contribute to project.
Sites	Sites found are all relevant to project and good source for questions.	Sites found are mostly relevant to project and good source for questions.	A few of the sites found are relevant and provide a fair source for questions.	Few sites are relevant. Sites are not a good source for questions.	No relevant sites are included. Sites are not good sources for questions.
Questions	Questions are taken from a variety of sites and from different places within each site. All questions are relevant to how the particular group was influenced.	Questions are primarily taken from a variety of sites and from different places within each site. Most questions relevant to how the particular group was influenced.	Questions are taken from 1 or 2 sites. Few questions are relevant to how the particular group was influenced.	Questions are taken from a few sites and from same places within each site. Few questions are relevant to how the particular group was influenced.	Questions taken from one site and are not relevant to how the particular group was influenced
Cooperation	Student accepts responsibility for assigned role. Student invited contributions from others and disagrees respectfully.	Student accepts responsibility for assigned role and invites contribution from others. Student needs to be more respectful in disagreeing.	Student sits in group but doesn't participate adequately. Student responds to others but does not volunteer for work. Student doesn't distract from work of group.	Student is uninvolved most of the time and/or makes irrelevant or distracting statements.	Student is uninvolved and leaves group at times. Student makes personal attacks.
Final Results	All 20 questions  completed and at least 8 sites  accessed.	All 20 questions completed and at least 6 sites accessed.	At least 15 questions completed and 6 sites accessed.	At least 12 questions completed and 5 sites accessed.	Fewer than 8 questions completed and 5 sites accessed.